Sports Illustrated's famous swimsuit issue is blatant hypocrisy coming from a magazine that champions women's sports, carries the flag for Title IX and espouses the value of appreciating women for their feats, not their body parts.

The swimsuit issue typically sells over a million more copies than regular SI
issues. The ads alone gross over $40 million dollars. Hypocritical or not,
cash is king, and the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated isn't going
anywhere.

1:04 a.m. Feb. 25, 2014

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Christopher B

Ogden, UT

There is nothing wrong with the magazine. Its perfectly fine to admire the
female body. Sometimes the magazine celebrates the athletic achievements of
people, sometimes they celebrate the academic successes of athletes in college
or high school,
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